Edna Owens Upshaw (AUGUSTA, Ga.)

Monday

Aug 31, 2009 at 6:00 AM

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Entered into rest Thursday, August 27, 2009 at her residence, Ms. Edna Owens Upshaw of Shadowood Drive. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 12:00 noon from Antioch Baptist Church, 1454 Florence Street with Reverend K.B. Martin officiating. Interment will be in Jordan Baptist Church, 2141 Jordan Road, Barnwell, SC. The family will receive friends this evening from 6:00 -7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Ms. Upshaw was a native of Barnwell, South Carolina and was educated in the Barnwell County Public School System. She was a graduate of Lamar School of Nursing University Hospital Class of 1965 and Emory University School of Medicine. A charter member of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc., Phi Chi Chapter where she served as Tamias; past matron of the Star of the East, Chapter #1, Order of the Eastern Star. She was a member of Antioch Baptist Church, where she served as Sunday School Assistant Superintendent and Sunday School Teacher. She also served on the Medical Ministry, Courtesy Guild and AWIC Ministry. Ms. Upshaw was employed with University Hospital, Richmond County Public Health Department for thirty-two years; Charter River Behavior Center for fourteen years; Youth Development Center and Augusta State Medical Prison for three years. Survivors are three brothers, Johnny Owens, Rahway, NJ, Percy Owens and Thomas (Annie Mae) Owens, Barnwell, SC; three aunts, Mazie Salley, Atlanta, GA, Rev. Ollie M. Carter, Fruitland, MD and Elnora Terry, Salisbury, MD; one uncle, Sidney Owens, Delray Beach, FL; four god-children, Gale Waring, Gerald White, Tamitha Kelsey and Myleta Eldridge; special niece and nephew, Cathy (Rev. Harris) Barker, Barnwell, SC and Larry (Lariesa) James, Fayetteville, NC and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Friends may call the residence or W. H. Mays Mortuary, 1221 James Brown Boulevard, Augusta, GA 30901 (706) 722-6401.

The Augusta Chronicle-August 31, 2009

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